Hypochaeris radicata Linnaeus 1753 (Family Asteraceae)


Plant

Leaf (blunt)

Flower

Fruit

Height: 15-60cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September (Earliest: 13.6)

Habitat:
Meadows
Pollination:
Lasioglossum morio

Panurgus banksianus

Several Nymphalidae

Pieris rapae

Physocephala rufipes

Rhamphomyia longipes
Seed Dispersal: Wind
Parasites:
Puccinia hieracii

Ensina sonchi Larva
(Flower Gall)

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Common Catsear


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